Month: February 2026
Brief Submitted to Supreme Court in Defense of the Reconstruction Right to Birthright Citizenship
On February 25, 2026 two historians submitted an amicus brief in a case challenging President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing Birthright Citizenship from children born in…
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy by Elizabeth Varon
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy by Elizabeth Varon published by…
Video: George Templeton Strong’s Civil War Diaries Have Just Been Published-An Editor’s Discussion
If you ever watched Ken Burn’s masterful, if flawed, documentary Civil War you no doubt remember the many quotes from George Templeton Strong voiced by…
Best-Selling New Civil War Books of 2025
According to Civil War Monitor are best-selling books on the Civil War published in 2025 through October: Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster, by Gerri Willis (Harper) $28.99…
The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in the American Civil War by Tom Zoellner
The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in the American Civil War by Tom Zoellner published by The New Press (Sept. 2025) I…
Video: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America
Emerging Civil War host Chris Mackowski interviews Jennifer Murray and John Kinder about their new collection of essays they’ve edited, They Are Dead and Yet…
Close Look at the Court’s Opinion that Slavery Panels Be Put Back Up at President’s House in Philly
Note: This page is under construction On February 16, 2026 a Federal Court issued and order telling the National Park Service to restore the exhibit…
Atlanta History Center to Open New Exhibit on the Civil War Era
In July of 2026 the Atlanta History Center will open a new exhibit on the causes of the Civil War, the war itself, and Reconstruction….
Appeals Court Allows National Park Service to Halt Replacing Slavery Panels on President’s House in Philly
Last week a Federal District Court Judge told the National Park Service (NPS) to restore historical panels that explained George Washington’s relation to slavery a…
Slavery Exhibit Restored at President’s House at Independence Park in Philadelphia
With a court-imposed deadline of Friday, Feb. 19 to restore dismantled exhibits on slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia, the National Park Service has…